Jonah's experience in the Dragon's Graveyard was just a tiny tiny tiny flower in the "world's" ocean of data, and for Genesis, which had almost no limit to its parallel processing power, the 2 kilobytes of data were nothing more than a normal product of the world's day-to-day operations, recorded in a memory cell made with lattice defect technology, and went unnoticed by anyone. Each 0.24 square centimeter storage unit can hold 1.5 exabytes (150000000000000000000000 bytes), which is exactly the total amount of data logs generated by the "world" every day. Dozens of GTC engineers are tasked with detecting anomalous data, tasked with using human intuition to discover underlying factors that quantum computers can't judge, removing the uncertainties that prevent the world from functioning. But neither the quantum computer itself, nor the fishermen in these oceans of data, have discovered the particularity of this piece of data.

Thirty seconds have passed, and the filtering mechanism has traversed the 24-hour data log hundreds of times, and the storage unit numbered D# 198604 has been labeled as "normal" and is about to be removed from the quantum network storage array and sent into the black box where the data log is stored. At this moment, a strange light appeared in the dark deep sea of the ocean of data, the lattice trap of the silicon carbide storage cell changed slightly, the spin state of thousands of electrons trapped in the lattice trap changed, the quantum state was initialized, and the qubits generated by the measurement changed accordingly. This part of Jonah's experience has been completely erased, - only in the data log, of course. "Genesis" submits information to the project team in the form of a journal, and the "world" is a living, ever-changing, unpredictable object of observation, whose true state cannot be captured by the surveyor, and can only be analyzed in the form of slices. In the words of GTC Executive Chairman Mark Thompson: "The world" can only be understood by Genesis itself, and since the beginning of the world, people have been watching from the sidelines, and the devil knows what is going on inside.

Dr. Brandon Bartholomew disagrees, and he feels that even Genesis himself does not understand what is happening in the "world". At the moment, he is enjoying the view from his window in the luxury suite of the Royal Swan Castle Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, a world-renowned ski resort that has just received its fourth heavy snowfall of the winter, proving that the ski season has officially arrived. Floor-to-ceiling windows face the snow-capped Alps, the 3,150-meter-high Devil's Glacier looms like a ribbon in the mountains, and the staff in orange winter suits are planting the boundary flag on the advanced cross-country slopes, looking down from the Swan Castle perched on the top of the mountain, these people are as small as tin soldiers placed in a sand table.

"I've quit, dear father. With the sizzling sound of radio interference, the gentle, calm male voice rang out. He seemed not very pleased with his performance, and after a second of silence, he said again in a clear, bright voice, "I have withdrawn, dear father. The network signal here is poor, snow and clouds obscure signal propagation, and the fiber optic cable is cut off due to landslides. Luckily, I just found a powerline modem device at the nearby Devil Sliding Club and took over the area using the power network. ”

"Whatever happens, I don't care about the technical details. The old man standing in front of the window waved his hand and said, "How much time has it used, and how far is it from the threshold?"

The male voice immediately replied: "With a timing of 7080ppm and a duration of 47 milliseconds, there is still 67.13702% of the room to reach the threshold of 21544ppm." ”

"Good. The old man turned around, put the whiskey glass in his hand on the small round table, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, and rubbed his tired face: "When you sent the alarm, I was shocked to be honest. Their synchrony is far from suitable, it's too fast, it's too fast...... What's going on this time? What's going on?"

"It's Blind Spot Zero, dear Father. This is a factor that is taken into account in injury management, but without the help of Luxor Mohammed, Deputy Chief of Communications and Chief of the Xenozo Intelligence Section, your risk is greatly increased. It's unwise to use the timing too often—I'm sorry, I'm not meant to offend, but it's just statistically ......," the male voice said tepidly.

Dr. Bartholomew interrupted, "I see, I'm trying to find a way to protect the valuable people in the Order, this purge is coming to an end, but the challenges are just beginning. What would they think about me taking a leave of absence to ski in Switzerland?"

"Are you asking me to open the backdoor of the 'Senior Personnel Security Program' and listen in on the conversations of the twelve commissioners?"

"That's too much of a fuss. ...... I shouldn't ask you questions that need to be judged from a human perspective. ”

"You are not wrong, dear father. ...... Would you like a cup of Earl Grey tea? Although there is no machinery to use, the twenty maids of the Swan Castle Hotel are always at your disposal, and I can guarantee that the temperature of the tea is within the right range, perhaps two degrees higher than usual, to resist the bitter cold of the Alps. The male voice said.

The old man sighed: "No need, bring me two bottles of wine." Blend whisky based on Granberge, but not Ballantine's, and I beg to agree with the approach of contemporary bartender Levi Gallinger. ”

"You didn't ask for a single malt whisky, which means you're in a bad mood and want to get drunk quickly. The male voice cautiously reminded, "In view of your blood pressure and heart condition, the whiskey quoted today is beyond the doctor's allowable range, and I still recommend a cup of hot black tea, dear father." ”

“...... Are you going to rebel against me?" Bartholomew said, staring at the speakers hanging from the pillar in the center of the room. The B&O satellite speakers are part of the neoclassical suite, and the old man looks at it as if through the cabinets, diaphragms, wires and cables the inhuman soul hidden deep beneath Salzburg.

"Of course not, dear father. The drinks will be delivered immediately, as you wish. Someone is coming, I will leave for a while, please be sure to take care of yourself. "The male synthesizer is gone.

The door to the suite was opened from the outside, and a pair of white heels stepped onto the purple wool carpet, "Who are you talking to?" the visitor asked a little puzzled, closing the door with his backhand, and the oak door closed silently, not from the precision of the post-technological era, but from the meticulous handiwork of European craftsmen.

"Talking to yourself. When people are old, they like to talk to themselves. Dr. Bartholomew spread his hands and said, "You're too late, if you're too late, the maiden ski on the advanced slopes will be snatched away." ”

"Ah, thank you. Wu Tianlan, vice president of Taihao Company, waved his hand and grimaced. The middle-aged woman is like a pearl that has been polished by time and still shiny, exuding a seductive atmosphere of maturity and intellectuality. She walked over to the round table, poured herself a McLaren single malt whiskey, and shook the bottle, "Finished a bottle so quickly? I don't think you want to live to see the sun for the next decade, Brandon." ”

The old man shook his head and said, "A little whiskey won't kill me, if it wanted to murder me, I would have died sixty years ago, Tianlan." Have a seat. ”

The two sat opposite each other in the circle chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and Wu Tianlan raised his wine glass and touched Dr. Bartholomew's glass lightly: "I wish you good health." It's a great pleasure to come here for a few days to rest when you're busy, how did you discover this town? No one comes to this remote place except for the hardcore advanced skiers, and the tourists are all gathered around St. Moritz and Jungfraujoch. ”

"When I was younger, I was an avid skier," replied, "and I won a silver medal in the amateur category at the U.S. Winter Games. Snow is a wonderful thing, and the clustering effect of star-shaped, branched, and axisymmetric crystals makes me think more deeply about the work at hand every time I see a world like this. ...... Tell me about your job, and when will the official release of 'World' begin?"

Wu Tianlan put her left leg on her right leg and carefully sorted out the lake-green skirt, "Next Monday, 4,450 sales points in 196 countries around the world will open at the same time, and the final number of sales will be determined to be 20 million sets. As soon as the news came out yesterday, there was a long queue at the sales center, and this kind of tent waiting for sale has not been seen since the decline of the Apple empire, you should really look at the current appearance of Wangfujing in Beijing, which is exactly the same as the situation when the Americans 'occupied Wall Street' many years ago. ”

"Does the International Medical Ethics Committee question plant chips? After all, to inject a chip into a medulla oblongata, this is not a pediatric biochemical chamber. The old man said.

"With the help of old friends, fortunately, there was no danger, the vice president put some pressure on the committee, and the ethics committee itself had to use the 'Genesis' timing to conduct research, and the compromise was that the chip injections would be carried out with the help of qualified neurosurgeons. To this end, we have a professional doctor at each distribution point to help players inject chips on the spot and prepare for adverse reactions. Wu Tianlan said.

"The adverse reactions of human trials are about 0.03%, and with such a large base, there will be a lot of mistakes. Bartholomew said, "Twenty million...... These bastards took my words for granted. ”

Wu Tianlan smiled and leaned over, bringing her rosy lips close to the old man's cheek: "Everything will be fine, Brandon." Just relax......"

Then there was a knock on the door, "The whiskey you ordered has arrived, sir." ”